boise [/home/boise] # tail /var/log/messages
Jul 14 22:22:40 heisl usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using address 3[root@heisl boise]# mpiosh
ERROR: Could not access the player
Verify that the the player is
connected and powered up.could not find MPIO player.
mpio <i>
I'm using a 2.6.7 kernel, patched with Con Kolivas' patchset (ck5).
]]>by the way: what mp3-player do you have? 99% of the available hardware is supported under linux, if not by usb_storage, then by a native driver --- and in the end: it would be much easier to write a driver for your hardware than to try to install windows (feel free to quote this :-) )
]]>So what if I can't use JetAudio MusicMegaMixer or whatever crap comes with it, when I can just
cp *.mp3 /mnt/mp3
Hehehehehe.........
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]]>It might be the wrong forum ;-)
You know it There's a forum called Offtopic which is exactly right for this kind of thread ("Not Arch- or linux-related? Talk about it here!").
That said, what kind of crappy MP3 player is that you have? I thought "all" players use usbstorage these days. With mine, all I have to do is attach it and mount /dev/sda4
]]>Dusty
]]>To install Windows 2000 on the partition you selected setup must write some startup files to the following disk:
disk 0 at id0 on bus 0
However this disk doesn't contain a Windows 2000 compatible partition... (and so on)
I've removed the bootsektor manually, I did a fdisk /mbr, I did a fixmbr and so on - but nothing helped, I cannot install it - crappy os.
]]>install grub to a floppy... from what I remember, this is how you do it.
# grub
grub> root (hd0,1) (or wherever your boot is)
grub> setup (fd0)
grub> quit
so no matter how hard windows tries to screw with grub, it can't touch it; just put the diskette back in after you've installed windows. I assume you can do the same with LILO, but I've haven't used it since my Mandrake days.
When you put the diskette back in, you can load linux back up and reinstall grub/lilo
]]>- install windows first without installing the bootloader in MBR, but in your 8th partition (i'm not sure if it is possible, because it's long ago i played with winXX installations)
Unfortunately, thats impossible. Windows automatically puts a bootloader on MBR when you install it, and you have no choice or control over it.
You're going to have to install windows then use a livecd to install you bootloader of choice again afterwards, then just point it at your windows partition.
]]>- create a boot record on your 8th partition with ms-sys (in extra) and tell lilo to boot this partition as "other"
other=/dev/discs/disc0/part7
label=windows
I have to install windows to use my mp3-player. linux does detect it, but the player-software doesn't. Not even VM-Ware works with it (it's not a usb-massstorage device). So I have to install windows again. i've added an eight partition at the end - and tried to install win2k on it - but it doesn't work, 'cause windows wants to install its bootmanager on the first partition, which is ext3. Do you have any ideas, how windows can be installed anyway? i don't want to change the first 7 partitions.
Thanks in advance
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